“Brazil has cleverly positioned itself to become one of the world’s greatest investment opportunities in modern times” – Warren Buffet (in an interview with Fox News 2014) “Brazil is one of the few places in this troubled world where I feel confident to make an investment” – Donald Trump (in an interview with LA Times 2014) FACTS:

• Brazil has replaced United Kingdom as the World’s 6th largest economy since March 2012.
• Brazil has received US$65 billion in Foreign Direct Investment in 2013, becoming the fourth biggest FDI recipient in the world.
• Brazil is the world’s 5th most populous country with 204 million people and has a high demand for real estate.

Other favourable factors are a continuing year-on-year growth of GDP of 2.4%, low rates of unemployment of 4.3%, on-target inflation below 2.8%, an improved S&P credit rating of BBB, and a 34.5% increase in the boom in mortgage lending – (Source: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) statistics end 2013) Florianopolis (the capital of Santa Catarina), where Treadstone operates, is widely considered as the “Monaco of Brazil”. Media outlets, such as Newsweek, even place it as one of “the 10 most dynamic cities in the world” According to Numbeo, Florianopolis requires 2.6x LESS expenditure to maintain a similar lifestyle to that of London. Florianopolis (with other surrounding areas to closely follow) has shown the biggest increase in wealth in the last 30 years – its GNP per capita being almost twice the Brazilian average.